Electronic device and method for controlling same

Abstract

A method for controlling an electronic device includes activating a display unit of an electronic device, following the activation of the display unit, displaying a lock screen containing image content prestored in the electronic device, receiving the input of a user command for selecting information about the displayed image content, and, following the input of the user command, storing, in connection with the image content selected according to the user command, information about the image content, while continuously displaying the lock screen.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
 activating a display of the electronic device; 
 following the activation of the display, displaying a lock screen comprising an image content prestored in the electronic device; 
 receiving an input of a user command for selecting information about the displayed image content; and 
 following the input of the user command, storing, by the electronic device, in connection with the image content selected according to the user command, information about the image content, while continuously displaying the lock screen, 
 wherein the displaying of the lock screen comprises, following an occurrence of a particular event, displaying the lock screen comprising the image content prestored in the electronic device, the particular event comprising at least one selected from a storage of a preset number or more of image contents within a preset time, a storage of a plurality of continuously captured image contents, a storage space of the electronic device remaining to a preset value or less, a position of the electronic device in a preset place, and an input of a user command. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the lock screen comprises displaying the image content in at least a portion of the lock screen while displaying the lock screen. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the displaying of the lock screen comprises receiving an input of a user command for unlocking the lock screen, and 
 wherein, after the following of the input of the user command for unlocking the lock screen, the image content prestored in the electronic device is displayed in at least a portion of a display screen. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the storing further comprises determining the information about the image content according to a drag direction in which the user command is input. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the lock screen comprises selecting and displaying the image content based on at least one selected from a time when the image content is stored in the electronic device, a name of the image content, a number of times checking the image content, or a date at which the image content is lastly opened. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining whether to delete the image content based on the information about the stored image content. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the lock screen comprises displaying the lock screen comprising the image content in at least one selected from a frame format, a background format, a button format, or an icon format. 
     
     
       8. An electronic device comprising:
 a display; 
 an input device for receiving an input of a user command for selecting information about an image content; 
 a storage; and 
 at least one processor configured to:
 activate the display, following the activation of the display, 
 control the display to display a lock screen comprising an image content prestored in the electronic device, following an occurrence of a particular event, 
 following an input of a user command through the input device, for selecting the information about the displayed image content, control the display to continuously display the lock screen, and 
 store, in connection with the image content selected according to the user command, the information about the image content in the storage, 
 
 wherein the particular event comprises at least one selected from a storage of a preset number or more of image contents within a preset time, a storage of a plurality of continuously captured image contents, a storage space of the electronic device remaining to a preset value or less, a position of the electronic device in a preset place, and an input of a user command. 
 
     
     
       9. The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the display to display the image content in at least a portion of the lock screen while displaying the lock screen. 
     
     
       10. The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein following an input of a user command through the input device, for unlocking the lock screen, the at least one processor is further configured to control the display to display the image content prestored in the electronic device in at least a portion of a display screen. 
     
     
       11. The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the information about the image content according to a drag direction in which the user command is input. 
     
     
       12. The electronic device of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the display to select and display the image content based on at least one selected from a time when the image content is stored in the electronic device, a name of the image content, a number of times checking the image content, and a date at which the image content is lastly opened.